Prachařová Jana

Jana Prachařová has theatre in her blood – her father was the director Karel Kalista (1890–1954),
her mother was from the Želenský family, and her grandmother was the niece of Mařenka Zieglerová.
Prachařová started as an apprentice with the Sluníčko Theatre in Prague, and only later completed
studies at the Puppetry Department under the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
She was a guest performer with the Czechoslovak National Song and Dance ensemble, performed at Laterna Magika,
and acted at Ivan Vyskočil’s Non-Theatre (Nedivadlo). For over thirty years, Prachařová was a member of
the Czechoslovak Television Puppetry Group.

She was married to the actor Ilja Prachař (1924-2005). Both her son, David, and her grandson, Jakub, are actors.